Arthur trained his power little by little for the next two days. He also found he can reverse time to not to be hungry. Although he felt a little hollow every time he used this. Arthur got ready for the play today. Since they will escape he needs to also follow them to get out of here safely. He asked his system many times. But there is no response from his system. Seems like he is really stuck here. Arthur practiced his temporal displacement, that's what he named the ability to return to the spot he is in the past. He tried for first few times it don't really go well and one time he even lost three of his fingers. But his Self-Temporal Manipulation returned him to peak. He also noticed the parts removed from his body turned to dust after a few moments.
As Yinsen and Tony are working the terrorists arrived but Arthur took the gun this time and ran towards the terrorists yelling and using shots in the cave. the terrorists screamed and ran back. even if he is shot, Arthur stood up and took the gun again before shooting anyone who tried to approach the two men in the cave. As he ran to the entrance there are all the terrorists gathered they shot him. Arthur fell to the ground but in a few moments he is as good as new and shot some of them. They shot him again but Arthur again stood up and grabbed the gun from a fallen terrorist before shooting them.
Like this a tug of war is going on, but then suddenly a small object fired into and exploded on his chest. Arthur felt his vision darkening, but as he regained consciousness he saw the bald leader is taking him hostage and few meters away a giant metal suit stood. No other terrorists are in there. Suddenly Arthur disappeared from the man's hands appeared beside Tony's suit then said," just kill him ", The bald guy is in shock while Tony fired missile. But at last second the man dodged and the cave started rumbling.
Although Arthur wanted to kill him, before he can move, Yinsen grabbed a gun and shot the man dead. Then they hurriedly got out of the cave only to be greeted by a bullet rain. Arthur kicked Yinsen behind the iron man suit while he hid on the ground. As Tony started throwing flames, Arthur and Yinsen ran towards the exit. When they did, an explosion occured already and from it, Tony fell down from the sky. As they ran towards him, he said," Not bad ".
Arthur chuckled and said," How's the flight with a cracker? ", Tony grinned and said," It sure is hell", they chuckled while Arthur heard a ding sound and got the 7 ST on his panel. As he thinking a new mission appeared.
[ Mission : Obadiah's End ]
[ Requirement : Kill Obadiah Stane ]
[ Reward : 5 ST ]
[ Mission : Guide the Narcist ]
[ Requirement :
1. Tell Tony about the future
2. Guide him to create counter measures and solve his palladium poisoning
3. Push him to prevent events of the future ]
[ Rewards : 5 ST ]
Whatever! He still has time, he needs to get new powers now. Arthur spinned the wheel and got these :
[ Better Luck Next Time ]
[ Seed of Magic ]
[ Better Luck Next Time ]
[ Skill : Life Drain ]
[ Better Luck Next Time ]
[ Skill : Marksmanship ]
[ Better Luck Next Time ]
Out of 7 draws 4 are better luck next time, what a scam. As he is thinking his body suddenly stiffened and he felt his veins are bulging. He gritted his teeth as pain coursed through his body. He felt he is being rolled on a sea of needles. Tony and Yinsen also observed this and asked," Hey what's wrong with you? ".
[ Skill : Life Drain has been integrated into Self-Temporal Manipulation ]
[ X-Gene mutated ]
[ New ability of X-Gene has been registered ]
[ Temporal Drain ]
Arthur calmed down and said," It's nothing. I used Temporal Manipulation often. I'm getting adapted to the temporal flow here. If I use the ability often it put strain on my body just like now", Tony narrowed his eyes in suspicion but didn't say anything. After few minutes of walking Tony is almost on the verge of going berserk. Arthur told Tony about the future events one by one and Tony has a difficulty in breathing after this. He felt his world is starting to shake. How many dangers did earth encounter. Arthur also told him about some other plots in comics which made Tony mind to go blank for a few seconds like when he heard he became an AI, or when he heard about a zombie universe and others.
Yinsen just ignored them and walked away after escaping saying he needs to meet his family. Although Arthur tried to stop there is nothing he can do and his system also didn't assign him a mission.